Alabama Legislature

REPRESENTATIVE COLEMAN, MERIKA

LegislatureDistrict/BiographySponsored LegislationCommittees

Affiliation:	(D)
District:	House District 57
County:	Jefferson County
Phone Number:	(334) 261-0589
Fax Number:
Street:	11 South Union Street
Office:	Suite 537-A
City:	Montgomery
State:	AL
Postal Code:	36130-2950
Email:	merika.coleman@alhouse.gov

Affiliation:	(D)
District:	House District 57
County:	Jefferson County
District Phone:	(205) 325-5308
District Fax:
Street:	Post Office Box 28888
Office:
City:	Birmingham
State:	AL
Postal Code:	35228
District Email:	dist57@yahoo.com

Representative Merika Coleman was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 2002.

Representative Coleman received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mass Communication and her Master of Public Administration Degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Representative Coleman was a 2004 Fleming Fellow with the Center for Policy Alternatives, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to strengthen the capacity of "Citizen Legislators." She was also selected as an American Council of Young Political Leaders delegate to Japan in 2003.

Professionally, Representative Coleman has held several positions with nonprofit organizations as a public policy analyst and strategist where she championed issues such as tax reform, constitutional reform, public transit funding, affordable housing and environmental justice.

She transitioned to become the Director of Community and Economic Development for Lawson State Community College where she also served as an Adjunct Instructor of Government and then became Director of Economic and Community Development for the City of Bessemer. Some of her responsibilities included business recruitment and retention, downtown revitalization as well as neighborhood revitalization and land use planning.

Representative Coleman is currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Miles College.

Representative Coleman also serves as a Board member of Greater Birmingham Ministries, WiLL, which is the Women Legislators' Lobby and is an organization which equips legislators with information on the impact of federal policy and the federal budget on state programs.

Additionally, she is a founding member of the Midfield Voter's League, an organization which just elected the first African American Mayor of the City of Midfield.

Representative Coleman is the mother of two children, Elexia and Xaviar.

Bill	Short Title	Status	Comm Assigned
HB267	Firearms, domestice violence, to provide for an extreme risk protection order, prohibit certain violent defendants from possessing firearms, ammunition, or a pistol permit, to provide for the enforcement and registration of an extreme risk protection order, Secs. 30-10-1 to 30-10-15, inclusive, added; Sec. 13A-11-72 am'd.	Pending Committee Action in House of Origin	Judiciary
HB268	Firearms, Gun Violence Protective Order Act, established	Pending Committee Action in House of Origin	Judiciary
HB269	Human trafficking, National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline notice, criminal penalties for failure to display further provided, Sec. 13A-6-170 am'd.	Pending Committee Action in House of Origin	State Government
HB270	Human trafficking, crimes and penalties further provided, Secs. 13A-6-151, 13A-6-152, 13A-6-157.1, 13A-6-170, 13A-12-122, 15-27-5 am'd.	Pending Committee Action in House of Origin	Judiciary
HB271	Prostitution, to allow disclosure of certain person's picture after being arrested, Sec. 13A-6-183 am'd.	Pending Committee Action in Second House	Judiciary
HB286	Traffic stops, racial profiling by law enforcement officers, prohibited, written policies, forms for statistics, and reports to Attorney General required, provision for complaints, reporting and collection of data on injuries to officers, required	Pending Committee Action in House of Origin	Public Safety and Homeland Security
HB359	Jefferson County, sheriff, qualifications, continuing education	Pending Committee Action in House of Origin	Jefferson County Legislation
HB360	Jefferson County, tax assessor, tax collector, salary	Pending Committee Action in House of Origin	Jefferson County Legislation
HB474	Trusts, Alabama Uniform Trust Code, reports of breaches of trust, further provided, procedure for release of trustee, provided, Sec. 19-3B-1306 added; Sec. 19-3B-1005 am'd.	Read Second Time in Second House	Banking and Insurance
HB522	Midfield, city board of education, tax district in Jefferson County, ad valorem tax rate increase, referendum	Enacted

	Committees	Position
	Financial Services	Member
	Judiciary	Member
	Jefferson County Legislation	Member

Quick Links

Document Quick Links